Some high school football teams are attending football camps at Simpson College before the fall season starts.

Some high school football teams are attending football camps at Simpson College before the fall season starts.

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Updated: 6:00 PM CDT Jul 27, 2014

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WEBVTT Believe it or not some high school football teams are already strapping on the pads to get ready for the season. KCCI's Marcus McIntosh went to the camp where teams are trying to fine tune their games before the start of Fall practice. Simpson college is now holding the second of its three 2-day overnight padded football camps for High School teams. The first camp was wednesday and thursday ... This camp ends today.. The third camp is monday and tuesday By the middle of next week more than 30 high school teams and some 800 high school football players will have hit the gridiron here in Indianola. ============= == THE BIGGEST THING HIGH SCHOOL COACHES LIKE IS IT GETS A CHANCE TO DO SOME TEAM BONDING TO GET OFF THEIR CAMPUS AND ONTO OURS AND SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER ============= === Simpson Head football coach Jim Glogowski started the camps when he arrived 6 years ago... He couldn't be happier with how things are going...and the opportunity this camp provides. =========== THE BIGGEST THING WAS AN OPPORTUNIYT TO GET KIDS ON CAMPUS... AT A PLACE LIKE SIMPSON THE MORE KIDS YOU GET ON CAMPUS THE BETTER TO GET THEM EXPOSED TO THIS TYPE OF ENVIROMENT. =========== By all accounts the three camps are very popular within abnd outside the Iowa border. We found a team here from a different state. ============ WE WANTED TO GET OUT OF TOWN...WE WANTED TO GO SEE COMPETITION WE don't NORMALLY SEE. ========== Chrtistensen is the head coach at North east High School in lincoln, Nebraska. He says a team camp like this is a great opportunity to work out the kinks before heading into fall practice. ============= === WE ARE PUTTING IN A NEW OFFENSE AND DEFENSE AND SO WE WENT THROUGH SOME GROWING PAINS EARLY BUT LATER WE PICKED IT UP KNOCKED THE RUST OFF AND WE ARE LOOKING GOOD. ============= === No doubt the same type of improvement every coach want to see in his team in advance of the official start of fall practice. In Indianola Marcus McIntosh...KCC I 8 News Iowas news leader. Christensen whose has come to the camp for the very first

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Some high school football teams are attending football camps at Simpson College before the fall season starts.